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Tom Hancock

FOUND: Players who scored from inside their own half - What They Never Told You

Manchester United's David Beckham celebrates after scoring his famous goal from the halfway line against Wimbledon, August 1996.

There are few more spectacular sights in football than that of a player finding the net from their own half of the pitch.

David Beckham’s coming-of-age effort for Manchester United against Wimbledon in 1996 is probably the first instance you think of – but there has been no shortage of such goals down the years.

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